J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Music (Inscriptions by Turner) 1808

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Music (Inscriptions by Turner)’ 1808
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 53 Verso:
Music (Inscriptions by Turner) 1808
D06927
Turner Bequest CIV 52a
Ink on white laid paper, 98 x 162 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
There are more musical notations on folio 54 of the sketchbook (D06928; Turner Bequest CIV 53) and, without notes, on folio 86 and verso (D06977, D06978; Turner Bequest CIV 85, 85a). These are connected with flute or recorder playing; see Introduction to the sketchbook.

David Blayney Brown
May 2010

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Music (Inscriptions by Turner) 1808 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2010, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-music-inscriptions-by-turner-r1133683, accessed 24 April 2024.